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Rajnath Singh visits Siachen; reviews military preparedness
Singh also interacted with the soldiers deployed in Siachen. The Siachen glacier, which is…
PTI
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Diners vomited and spat blood after being given dry ice as an after-meal mouth freshener, police say
Police in India arrested a restaurant manager after diners vomited and spat blood after being given…
Joshua Zitser
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An Indian science graduate was promised a job in Dubai but was tricked into fighting for Russia, reports say
Indians are being duped into joining the Russian military through false employment promises in Duba…
Rebecca Rommen
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The time a British Airways pilot was sucked out of an airplane mid-flight — and lived
A British Airways pilot was once sucked out when the cockpit windscreen broke mid-flight. The fligh…
Natalie Musumeci
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Indian Army marks 4 decades of presence in Siachen glacier
The Siachen glacier at the height of around 20,000 feet in the Karakoram mountain range is known…
PTI
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Kentucky governor issues state of emergency after a train derailed and spilled chemicals in a small town, forcing evacuations
On Wednesday, a train derailed in an eastern Kentucky town, spilling molten sulfur that caught on f…
Julia Pugachevsky
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A Ukrainian commander said his unit is desperately short on soldiers: 40 infantry troops doing the fighting of 200
Russia has a manpower advantage over Ukraine, and tensions are growing in Ukrainian leadership over…
Sinéad Baker
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Photos show US Army paratroopers jumping out of giant C-17s into the freezing Arctic for an airborne assault. Soldiers say it's a rush.
Photos capture what it's like for US Army paratroopers to jump into the frigid Arctic air and land …
Chris Panella
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2023 was one of the deadliest years on Mount Everest. Sherpas say the tragedies could have been avoided if 'impatient' foreign climbers were more careful.
This year has been one of the deadliest years on Mount Everest. Climb organizers blamed extreme col…
Paul Squire
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Nitrous oxide is paralyzing people by inactivating vitamin B12. Here are 5 other risks of using the legal drug.
Young people who’ve used nitrous oxide to get high have wound up paralyzed or incontinent, one expe…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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An Olympic skier says his penis froze during a cross-country ski race and 'the pain was unbearable'
It is not the first time Olympic skier Remi Lindholm has suffered penile frostbite. This time, it h…
Jackson Thompson
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Southwest is giving workers bonus points worth about $400 to say sorry for the 'physical and emotional toll' of the holiday meltdown
The airline's 66,000 workers will receive 25,000 SWAG points that can be exchanged for flights or g…
Stephanie Stacey
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Christmas storm shows signs of stopping, but reportedly leaves at least 50 dead and millions without power in its wake
The National Weather Service warned of "potentially life-threatening" conditions across the US, eve…
Talia Lakritz
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Mexican migrants swap the deserts of the southern border for the snowy forests of upstate New York and Vermont to enter US via perilous backdoor
More people crossing into the US from Canada in the last five months than in the last three years c…
Isobel van Hagen
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Record-setting mountaineer and mom of 7 — shares how she fits exercise into her hectic schedule
Jenn Drummond started climbing mountains in 2020, inspired by a near-death experience. She said she…
Gabby Landsverk
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A blast of arctic air surging into the US before Christmas will bring blizzards and plunge temperatures as low as -30 degrees
The National Weather Service warned the "life-threatening" cold could give people frostbite in just…
Jake Epstein
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A climber rescued from death's door on Mount Everest is being slammed online for thanking his sponsors instead of the Sherpa who saved his life
The climber, who was carried down from Everest's "danger zone" by a lone Sherpa, was accused of ini…
Matthew Loh
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Wisconsin hospice nurse charged with felony abuse after amputating a patients foot without a doctor's order, police say
Mary K. Brown, 38, a former hospice nurse, admitted to amputating her patient's foot without a doct…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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More than 4,500 flights were canceled early Friday as a bitter winter storm engulfed the central and eastern US, throwing Christmas travel into chaos
Some 4,630 flights within, into, or out of the US had been canceled by 3 p.m. ET Friday, per Flight…
Grace Dean
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Liquid nitrogen leaked onto wetlands around SpaceX launch pad before rocket-test explosion, federal regulators confirm
An aerial video shows patches of wetland around SpaceX's launch pad that are snow-white from the li…